The average American home has more television sets than people—there are 2.73 sets in a typical American home and only 2.55 people—plus 1.8 VCRs, 3.1 radios, 2.6 tape players, 2.1 CD players, 1.4...

The average American home has more television sets than people—there are 2.73 sets in a typical American home and only 2.55 people—plus 1.8 VCRs, 3.1 radios, 2.6 tape players, 2.1 CD players, 1.4 video game players, and at least one computer. Fifty-eight percent of families with children have the TV on during dinner, and 42 percent of families with children are “constant television households”—that is, they have a TV on virtually all day, whether or not anyone is actually watching it.